Conan as decent visual, good enough gameplay and has great audio with Ron Pearlman leading the cast.
Publisher: THQ
Developer: Nihilistic
Platform: Xbox 360
Rated: Mature
Released: October 23, 2007
Visuals:
The visuals for Conan are decent but are pretty good and the game did come out in 2007 and for a hack and slash action/adventure game the and the detail to Conan and the non-playable-character's in this all looked pretty okay and the environments looked pretty half decent as well. So I'll start with the detail's to Conan and the supporting non-playable-cast looked pretty okay and the cartoon style to the detail to these character kind of went well with the detail to the the environments which did not look half bad in most parts of the game and I did not experience, but still with the detail to Conan is not bad and it is a dated look for a next gen action/adventure game but their are much worse visuals to the detail's to a games hero but they are still pretty go to look at then in most games from 2007 and the same goes for the all the supporting non-playable cast and even the enemies you get to hack and slash through the game all looks pretty decent and even the all the Bosses that you get to face are all pretty decent to look at and are very good in detail. So the detail to the environments in this game are pretty decent to look at and their are some areas in the game where it may seem to be copy and pasted like in some cave areas you will go through and some other parts of the game you will see it if you have not played the game yet and if you have then you know what I'm talking about. So in short for the visuals for this game are just plain decent and they are good enough to play through and will not make you sick to your stomach.
Audio:
The audio for Conan is probably the best part of the game from the voice work to the musical score and sound track and even the most of the sound effects for the game. So I'll talk about the voice work and it was pretty good and the cast is great and it was lead by Ron Pearlman from such movies and television shows ( Hellboy, Hellboy 2, Alien Resurrection and last summers Conan remake) and he was in such shows like the one from the 90's called ( Beauty and the Beast and I believe he is the narrator for 1000 ways to die on spike) and the rest of the cast in this game is great as well. The soundtrack/musical score is pretty good and it really help set the mood and help with the adventure that you will be on and now the sound effects for the game are pretty good and done well from the clanging of the swords when you or one of your enemies block your attack and when wandering some of the locals and you hear the the back ground noise of the animals and other sound they all just sound pretty good. So in short for the audio for this game is it just pretty good.
Gameplay:
So the gameplay for Conan is good enough to not be really bad but the controls are pretty clunky and really hurt the game in some ways like when you are in a one on one fight and being surrounded by foes and you want to switch from the guy you are in a fight with to block one of the other enemies that are trying to take a strike at you and the game won't let you on tell you are done with the combination attack so this makes the game suffer a bit when you are locked in a fight or something along those lines, and you do have a good assortment foe to hack and slash your way through and some the boss battle are pretty epic and the other thing might give some issues in the boss fight in this game is for some reason this game has you take on a boss and put you through wave of enemies at the same time and I personally don't like that, but some of you might like this and other's might agree with me and just give me a boss fight and nothing else. The story for this game is not bad it is pretty good and you start this game as Conan and you are exploring a cave or a lost city for some treasure and as you are going through this tutorial you will come a cross an ancient evil that you have to lock horns with and by the end of this battle the game will cut to a cut-scene and you see Conan with with out is powerful armor that he was wearing and now you go on a journey to collect you armor and you meet a couple of allies on the way and you have a couple twists and turns. One last thing about this game and that is, and it is a bit of and odd thing since when was Conan able to wield magical powers I found it odd that when you recover a piece of his armor you got some magical power and Conan his one of my favorite mythological character and from what I remember Conan despises magic and it felt just out of place for Conan to wield magic. So in short for the gameplay for Conan is pretty good with the story and having a decent variety of enemies to take down and with the combat being a little clunky the gameplay it is just simply good enough to play through with some enjoyment of fun.
Overall:
The overall point is this and despite most of this games visuals being decent to look at and the audio being great and the gameplay being just good enough to play with some fun and enjoyment and this game makes it hard to recommend if I played this game when it first came out for a $60 dollar price tag and well I did not and at the price tag it is at now a days it is worth checking out and you can not really go wrong with a game that is priced at around $4 dollars at some stores and others have this game priced around $20 dollars and at any price from $4-$20 dollars it is absolutely worth it and the game is not that bad and it is good enough for the price tag.
6.0 out of 10